Computer software employees overtime exemption
Section 1, subdivision (A)(3) of Industrial Welfare Commission wage orders 1-13, 15 & 17 and Labor Code section 515.5 provide that certain computer software employees are exempt from the overtime requirements in the wage orders and Labor Code section 510 if certain criteria are met. One of the criteria is that the employee’s rate of pay is not less than the statutorily specified rate, which the Department of Industrial Relations is responsible for updating October 1st of each year to be effective on January 1st of the following year by an amount equal to the percentage increase in the California Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. The adjustments have been as follows:
| January 1, 2021 | - $47.48 or annual salary of not less than $98,907.70 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $8,242.32 per month |
| January 1, 2020 | - $46.55 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $8,080.71 per month |
| January 1, 2019 | - $45.41 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $7,883.62 per month |
| January 1, 2018 | - $43.58 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $7,565.85 per month |
| January 1, 2017 | - $42.35 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $7,352.62 per month |
| January 1, 2016 | - $41.85 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $7,265.43 per month |
| January 1, 2015 | - $41.27 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $7,165.12 per month |
| January 1, 2014 | - $40.38 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $7,010.88 per month |
| January 1, 2013 | - $39.90 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $6,927.75 per month |
| January 1, 2012 | - $38.89 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $6,752.19 per month |
| January 1, 2011 | - $37.94 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $6,587.50 per month |
| January 1, 2010 | - $37.94 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $6,587.50 per month |
| January 1, 2009 | - $37.94 or annual salary of not less than $79,050 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $6,587.50 per month |
| September 30, 2008 | - $36.00 or annual salary of not less than $75,000 for full-time employment, and paid not less than $6,250 per month - AB 10 |
| January 1, 2008 | - $36.00 - SB 929 |
| January 1, 2007 | - $49.77 |
| January 1, 2006 | - $47.81 |
| January 1, 2005 | - $45.84 |
| January 1, 2004 | - $44.63 |
| January 1, 2003 | - $43.58 |
| January 1, 2002 | - $42.64 |
| January 1, 2001 | - $41.00 |
November 2020